Aurorean
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Belonging to the dawn, or resembling it in brilliant hue.
"1783, Richard Griffith (misattributed to Laurence Sterne), The Koran: or, The Life, Character, and Sentiments, of Tria Juncta in Uno in The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne, London, Volume 6, p. 50, […] a winged seraph […] sipping aurorean dew, and extracting nectareous essences from aromatic flowers."
- 2 Of or relating to Aurora, goddess of dawn in Roman mythology.
- 3 Of or relating to the asteroid (94) Aurora.
- 1 characteristic of the dawn wordnet
Example
More examples"1783, Richard Griffith (misattributed to Laurence Sterne), The Koran: or, The Life, Character, and Sentiments, of Tria Juncta in Uno in The Posthumous Works of Laurence Sterne, London, Volume 6, p. 50, […] a winged seraph […] sipping aurorean dew, and extracting nectareous essences from aromatic flowers."
Etymology
Either the Latin aurōre(us) + the English -an or formed from the two English elements auror(a) + -ean.
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